Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor South America No wonder this 1941 Royal

No wonder this 1941 Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner is touted as one of the finest ginger lilies ever introduced

the clumps are topped with multiple scapes of huge

composed of narrow green leaves

" Aspidistra 'China Star' makes a lovely groundcover where winter hardy via long-spreading rhizomes

a hummingbird treat

Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor South America No wonder this 1941 RoyalThanks to Alabama collector extraordinaire Hayes Jackson for sharing this winter hardy form of Leucocasia (formerly Colocasia) gigantea that we named 'Survivor'. In rich, moist soils, it easily reached 8' tall x 9' wide. Leucocasia gigantea 'Survivor' has also returned in our Zone 7b garden without mulch since 1999. Resembling an alocasia, the 6' tall grey petioles (stalks) hold the large, silver veined, grey green leaves outright. When the plants